Page 11: Historical Events In 1968

Jun 04   Dorothy Gish, [de Guiche], actress (Home Sweet Home), dies at 70 in the year 1968.   

Jun 05   Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, who was immediately arrested. Kennedy had just claimed victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. 68 in the year 1968.   

Jun 05   Sirhan Sirhan shoots Bobby Kennedy, who dies the next day on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1968 uS Senator Robert Kennedy shot and killed in Los Angeles   

Jun 06   In the year 1968 franklin C Fry, US minister (World Rad of Church), dies   

Jun 06   Senator Robert F. Kennedy succumbs to being shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan the day before in Los Angeles on this day in history.   

Jun 07   Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination   

Jun 08   Gary Puckett &The Union Gap release "Lady Will Power" on this day in history.   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 james Earl Ray, suspected of assassinating Martin Luther King Jr., is captured at the London Airport.   

Jun 08   On this day in history new colonial constitution for Bermuda adopted   

Jun 08   In the year 1968 rolling Stones release "Jumpin' Jack Flash"   

Jun 10   On this day in history yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65   

Jun 12   Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51 in the year 1968.   

Jun 15   In the year 1968 john Lennon & Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral   

Jun 15   On this day in history samuel Earl "Wahoo Sam" Crawford, baseball pitcher, dies at 88   

Jun 18   In the year 1968 supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale &rental of housing   

Jun 19   On this day in history 50,000 participate in Solidarity Day March of Poor People's Campaign   

Jun 20   On this day in history jim Hines becomes first person to run 100 meters in under 10 seconds   

Jun 21   In the year 1968 ruth St Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91   

Jun 21   On this day in history supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren resigns   

Jun 24   On this day in history canadian Sandra Post becomes first non-US &1st rookie LPGA winner   

Jun 24   Deadline for redeeming silver certificate dollars for silver bullion on this day in history.   

Jun 24   Joe Frazier TKOs Manda Ramos for world heavyweight boxing title in the year 1968.   

Jun 24   On this day in history resurrection City closed   

Jun 25   Tony Hancock, actor/writer (Call Me Genius, Rebel), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Iwo Jima & Bonin Islands returned to Japan by US in the year 1968.   

Jun 27   In the year 1968 ludvik Vaculik publishes "Manifest of 2000 words" in Prague   

Jun 27   In the year 1968 norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies   

Jun 28   Daniel Ellsberg indicted for leaking Pentagon Papers on this day in history.   

Jun 29   On this day in history kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 66   

Jun 30   In the year 1968 gaullists win victory in the French National Assembly elections   

Jun 30   On this day in history john Gough, actor (Circus Kid, 2 for Tonight), dies at 73   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of cuba Gooding Jr, actor (Boyz N the Hood, Glaadiator, Few Good Men)   

Jan 02   Scott Mitchell, NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Evan Parke, Jamaican actor was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of kerry Huffman, Peterborough, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Ottawa)   

Jan 03   In the year 1968 birth of shannon Sturges, actress (Savannah)   

Jan 03   Thomas Rayam, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos) was born in the year 1968.   

Jan 02   Sanoesi Pane, Indonesian writer, dies in the year 1968.   

Jan 04   On this day in history joseph Pholien, Belgian PM (1950-52) communist fighter, dies at 83   

Jan 05   Jean Murat, actor (On the Riviera), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history kurt Baschwitz, Germ/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Heksen), dies at 81   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of kokichi Tsuburaya, Japanese marathoner (Oly-bronze-1964), commits suicide   

Jan 10   In the year 1968 basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73   

Jan 11   Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) died in the year 1968.